Powers:No meta-human powers. Excellent physical conditioning and hand-to-hand fighting skills. First adventured solely on these skills along. After a time, however, he started to use a semi-retired Starman's cosmic rod. Later, he employed the "cosmic converter belt", which had the same basic functionality of the rod. Still later, the belt was depowered, allowing him only to fly.

Weaknesses:He's just a guy in a suit, at the end of the day.

Bio:When someone at Pat Dugan's auto-repair shop mentioned that they wished the American flag could come to life on the battlefield and kick some Nazi ass, Sylvester Pemberton got an idea. Having gained some confidence in hand-to-hand combat with Nazi agents at a local movie theatre, he decided to make a costume that resembled the American flag, and begin a double life as a "man of mystery".

He teamed with a reluctant Dugan, who had taken the name "Stripesy" and had already begun adventuring on his own. (Like Pemberton, Dugan has been inspired by the comments of the man in his auto repair shop.) This partnership that would rarely be seen separately. Oddly, the Kid was the lead hero, and Stripesy, his sidekick--despite the fact that Pemberton was very much younger than Dugan. This was perhaps for classist reasons: Pemberton was from a very wealthy family and Dugan was "just" a mechanic. Indeed, when not in uniform, Dugan became the Pemberton family chauffeur.

Pemberton seemingly spent all of his career looking for a home among other superheroes. He initially went with the the All-Star Squadron, then the JSA, then the original Seven Soldiers of Victory, then formed Infinity, Inc.

His exact time line is open to some debate, however, as it appears different when viewed by publication date rather than by the internal DCU calendar.

Moreover, his own personal chronology is significantly muddled by the fact that, as a member of the Seven Soldiers, he was apparently thrown back in time 50,000 years, then brought back to the 20th century many years after he had left it. He may have additionally spent some portion of his later life on Earth 1, rather than his native Earth 2.

In adulthood, he would become known as "Skyman"--but that's genuine trivia, as the bulk of his stories occur as the "Star-Spangled Kid".

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